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Showing 1 to 20 of 24 for “"Participation in education"”.
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Black parent perceptions of factors which facilitate or inhibit participation in education
Many studies have been done which address parent participation and its relationship to student achievement. However, few studies have been done which specifically address the aspects of Black parent participation. This study sought to determine the factors that facilitate or inhibit Black parents' …
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Participation in education, training and development : a study of the Saskatchewan Apprenticeship and Trade Certification Commission
… and Trade Certification Commission from accessing the training and development fund for personal and professional development. The researcher used an instrument modeled on Darkenwald and Valentine’s (1985) Deterrents to Participation Scale (DPS-G) and incorporated the Rosenberg (1965) …
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Full participation in education and training to age 18 in England: perspectives from policy and life-worlds of young people
… will be affected by the government’s proposal to increase the age of participation in education and training to 18 by 2015, voices which are otherwise overlooked in policy formulation and much research. The young people most affected are those who currently do not participate in education or …
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A Handbook to Help Promote Understanding and Participation in Education by Home and School for Saint Paul’s Cathedral School, Yakima Washington
The problem to which consideration is being given appears to be threefold in purpose. 1. To secure a brief but comprehensive summary of necessary information for the principal of the Catholic Elementary School. 2. To offer the teacher a practical digest of the common laws, policies, and practices …
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An Exploration of Program Mapping and Survey Research Techniques as Ways of Producing Information for Studies of Citizen Participation in Education
… of data collection and analysis, program mapping and survey research, were explored in this study. Specifically, this study was designed to answer the following three questions: (1) Using the survey research and program mapping techniques, what is the nature of the general information that …
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A systematic review of the theory, design and analysis of longitudinal research on participation in education related activities for children and youth with disabilities
… cross-sectional designs. Good, quality longitudinal research designs in terms of theoretical, methodological and analytical considerations are recommended for this population as it will examine the change outcome regarding the ICF domains, specifically the participation trajectories in …
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Factors Hindering Parents’ Participation in School Activities in Tanzania: A Case of Arusha District
This study expored factors hindering parents’ participation in school activities in Tanzania, a case of Arusha district. The objectives of the study were to investigate education policies in schools and how they motivate participation in education among the parents, to analyse socioeconomic factors …
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Rethinking parent participation: a process evaluation of the parents and learning program in Napranum
Wide recognition of the value of close links between home and school for children, their families and educators has, in recent times, led to the development of programs and policies supporting the concept of home-school partnerships and encouraging parent participation in education. However, the …
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Parental Involvement makes a difference in Early Childhood Education
This study is mainly concerned with the need for and positive outcome of involving parents in their child’s education. I chose the area of disadvantaged children because of the wide variety o f literature on this subject. During my Sociology courses in Maynooth I studied the topic of education. The …
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Continuity and change: Education policy and historiography of education in Western Samoa
This thesis explores the theme of continuity and change in Western Samoan education. It does so by looking at recent policy documents and at accounts of the history of education in Western Samoa written over more than a century. It compares the treatments of continuity and change in the policy …
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An exploratory study of parent involvement in early childhood development centres in Masiphumelele, Cape Town
This study explored parent involvement in Early Childhood Development (ECD) centres in Masiphumelele, Cape Town. The researcher aimed to gain an understanding of the following; how parents are involved in Early Childhood Development centres, factors that enhance parent involvement in ECD centres, …
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A study to examine parents' participation in the learning process of their children: A case study of Eembaxu combined school in Ohangwena Region
The main purpose of this study was to establish the extent to which parents in the Ohangwena Region are involved in the learning processes of their children. The target population was parents, grade ten teachers and learners in the Ohangwena Region. ECS was randomly selected. Seven grade ten …
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Student perspectives on foundation degrees: employment skills and work-based learning
This thesis examines students' perspectives of Foundation Degrees, employment skills and work-based learning. It questions whether the primary remit of higher education should be the development of vocational skills for the workplace. It investigates: firstly, the perceived benefits to individuals …
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Disparity in precarity : Measuring insecurity and inequality in youth transitions from education into and within the labour market
… have always been argued to be disadvantaged in labour market opportunities and avoiding insecurity. Yet most of these arguments have been based on theoretical, anecdotal, and qualitative accounts, and they focus on aggregate measures of youth unemployment, which tend to hide inequality. The …
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Perceptions of educational professionals regarding the goals and implementation of the school cluster system reform in Namibia: a case study of one cluster in Caprivi region: 1999-2011
The School Cluster System (SCS) reform was introduced in Namibia from 1996 under the auspices of the Basic Education Project. The SCS entails the organising of schools into groups for educational, management and administrative purposes. In the framework of the SCS policy schools are grouped …
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Parent-educator partnership and the culture of learning and teaching in secondary schools in KwaZulu-Natal
The issue of involving parents in education has been explored by several studies in the past with all pointing towards greater success than failures amongst learners whose parents work in partnership with educators. Parental involvement not only ensures maximum development of learner-motivation, …
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"The Problem Class"?: A Critical Analysis of Experiences of Schooling and Involvement with the Criminal Justice System.
Irish research into the formal educational experiences of people who have been, or who are, in prison compares poorly with international norms. Against this noticeable absence of Irish studies affording attention to the formative educational experiences of people who came became involved with the …
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A study of women's noninstitutional educational programs in Saskatoon
… was to gather descriptive date about women's noninstitutional educational programs in Saskatoon, Canada. These data were collected to provide information about the length of time programs were in operation and who initiated them, problems that the programs experienced, and characteristics of the …
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A qualitative investigation of formative assessment in second-level education in Ireland
This study investigates formative assessment as sociocultural practice in Irish post-primary education. It explores the enactment and experience of formative assessment in the classroom and argues that this social practice influences discourses about achievement, ability and identity in learning. …
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Engaging Men for Gender Justice: Overcoming Barriers to Girls’ Education in the Pashtun Tribes of Northern Pakistan
Girls’ access to education in developing countries has received significant attention from the international community in the past decade. However, continuing cycles of war and conflict, extremism, and the introduction of strict cultural and religious ideologies have further complicated and …
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